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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

MUCH has been said about breaking up the
solid south and against keeping alive the
en- ouldering free of sectionRhsm," etc. SO
prevalent has this idea become that re erence
to the "late unpleasantness' is now almost
always referred to with "bated BREATH" for
fear some word of censure may be accidentally
drcppeI against those who fought to dissolve
the Union. In addition to this, many are now
high In the counsels eff the nation they did 70
much to destroy. But what is being done at
the sou: b to bury the past? Not much, when a
crowd of 10000 surround the railwsy station in
Montgo merry, Ala, and give JEFF Davis a rebel
yell that can be heard for miles, when he passes
through. "Smouldering eEbers of sectionalisnl
and strise'' do not die out this way.-TFrantic
Radical Exchange.
Don't! There are thousands of old
"Rebels" who would prefer to see their
former President initiate the noble,
sublime silence of Robert E. Lee after
the war, but, because he chooses to act
otherwise, these old soldiers cannot forget
that ne has made the vicarious atone-
ment for the common offense. JEFF
Devie' disfrsnchisement has much to do
with the old "Rebel YELL" which is now
one of pity and sympathy, and not of
hostility to common country.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

AT WYANDoTTE, Mich, northern
state, few nights since, while the Lewis
& O:ter combination were playing, dis
tarbance started IL the gallery Of the the
ater. The manager Of the company at
tempted TO restore order, and some
roughs jumped upon the stage, driving
the frightened actors into the street in
their stage costumes. The mob de-
st1oyed all the properties of the show,
and then started after the members o1
the company, who escaped injury by
locking themselves into the railroad de-
pot.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

THE rumor fend is abroad in the land
soaring the wits out of haIi-Witted people
by manufacturing dynamite scsres. The
latest is that two men on train were
approached by third who handed them
g. box of dynamite and directed them how
to use it. The dynamiters are reported
IS talking SO inst passengers in the cars
could hear distinctly what they ssid and
that they made no attempt ct secrecy.
The author Of such rot ought to be COW.
hided.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
GRAHAM.
The TTiaL ef tbs Gordon TrsIn Robbers
Progressing Slowly.
Uorrespondence of the Gazette,

The T7iaL ef tbs Gordon Train Robbers
Progressing Slowly.
Correspondence of the Gazette.
GRAHAM, TEX, Oct. 31.-SaturdSy Wae
the third day in the trial Of John Oxford,
Robert Settle and Sam RaVercraft,
charged with robbirg the train near Cor
don, on the morning Of January %, 1887.
Eally in the day the Uaited States prose-
cuting attorney announced that the evil
deEcs against R.vencrait YES lot sUfi
cienG to convict him, and he was dis
charged. John Houston was tried and
acquitted Thursday. Over 100 Witnesses
have been sworn and put u1der rule in
the Oxford and Settle case, and the trial
will probably go far into the
week. So far the government
has made 6 strorg c;rcumstautial
case against Oxford and Settle. Tracks
made at the scene Of tie robbery Ware
easily followed by the officers some two
miles to where a vehicle and several
horses hsd stood not o great distance
from the Stepbsn7ille and Gordon road,
Unfortunately for the robbers a rain had
fallen the previous night and there was
no trouble IN trailing tie vehicle. 1t Was
drawn by two horses, and returned IS it
came, back to the road and on to within
six miles OF Stephenyille where
night compelled tae Officers to
rest. at daylight tie trailing
was resumed, and though LOST for swhile
on account of the travel near Stephen
vile was again taken up snd followed to
Brink Ozford's house, where shift top
buggy, douole-seated, with the curtains
closely buttoned down, was observed
standing in the lot. The buggy or hack
bore evidence Of having been recently
used, the wheels and curtains were
muddy and the mud corresponded with
the soil between Stephenville and the
place Of the robbery. 1t had been drawn
there by two horses, and the tracks cor
responded with those followed by the
officers. 1t was further shown
that the hack was the property Of John
Oxford. 8 number of witnesses living
along the Stephenville and Gordon road,
testified to having seen similar hack,
with the curtains buttoned down, late in
the evening preceding the morning of
the robbery, containing four men and
going in the direction Of Gordon. The
boots worn by Oxford and Settle when
they were arrested were compared with
the tracks made at the scene Of the
ROBBERY and where the hack
stood, and the fl was exact.
On the other hand the
defense has shown that the young
men heretofore have borne good charsc-
tars in the community where they reside,
and that their reputation for honesty has
never been questioned. Their strong
card, however, is the alibi. The prose-
cution is vigorously conducted by Msjor
Charles B. Pesrre, assisted by Judge B..
z. Arnold of Graham, al Massrs. De-
vine ard Young OF StepheaYille represent
the defense.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
TIE ONLY SURVIVOR.
One Of fhs Crew of the Vernon left TO Fell
the Tails OF the Disaster.

One OF shs Crew of ths Vernon LoHt TO Fell
the ZaIs CT the Disaster.
STURGEON BAY, Wis, Nov. 2.-Up to
the arrival Of the schooner Pomeroy from
Chicago, which passed through the bay
to-day, it was supposed that not single
survivor was left OF the forty or fifty pee
pie on board the propeller Vernon, which
went down Off Sheboygsn early last Sat
urday morning. II is now known, how
ever, that a. least one msn lives to tell
the tale CT that terrible night on Lake
Michigan. Tee Pomeroy has on board
the only survivor, SO far as known, OF
that awful disaster. The name Of the
man who hiss thus been rescued from
death after he had given up I'll hope of
ever again setting his foot on dry land, is
Afford Stone of Chicago, one OF the Yer
nous crew. He had been in the water
sixty hours, exposed to the bit
ter piercing wind and without a bite
to cot, When the Pomeroy discovered
him On raft last night about eight miles
from Shebeygen. II wss t. cfesr moon
light night. Stone wss SO cold as to be
almost helpless, and so weak from hunger
he could scarcely m3Ve. Although still
very weak from the effects Of his awful
exposure, Stone WAS able to make brief
statement Of the r-tO-be-forg
night. Re says: Was awakened il the
middle Of the night by the cries of the
passengers and crew that the vessel was
sinking. 1 spraDg cut Of window and
found myself on life raft with six other
persons. I cannot say now who my COM
panioDs were. Part OF them were mem
bers Of the crew, and part were passen-
gers. 1t seemed only moment before
the vessel had gone down, and 1 believe
all but few OF those On board went
down with her. I do not know Just
how many people were ABOARD
ST the time, but the number could
not have been far from fifty. We passed
through an awful night. think 1 never
saw such sea as that which tossed our
little raft at its mercy. When daylight
came we hoisted signal CT distress, it
being coat tied to an oar. Two vessels
passed so near US en- Saturday that they
must have seen our signals, yet for some
reason, they apparently made no effort to
reach US. The storm still ragged, and it
may be they had al they could do to save
themselves. One after another of
my companions persisted in the
cold Or was washed eff the
raft, when they became too numb
to hold any longer. We never saw any
others from the su2ken steamer, and I
don't believe any others survived
When the vessel went down the crew
hadn't time to man the boats.
When Stone was picked up there was q
corpse OF one man on the raft with him,
the other four having persisted several
hours before. Stone says this man was
one of the crew, whose name he does not
know
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
ALTAR AND TOMB
The GaEette's Record or the Marriages
and Deaths in Texas.


MARRIAGES..
N. Ferguson and Mrs. J. S. Kelly, Con-
tent, October 10.
John R Craytop and Miss Emma Reed.
Content, October &c.
II. G Laneford and Miss Laura Board,
Wills Point, October "a,
J. L. Balm and Miss Eolean Evans,
Henderson county, October %.
S. E Aehby and Miss Ellen Mitchell,
GAINESVILLE, October %.
Charles B. CarsWell and Miss Evelyn
Tucker, Terrell, October 81.
William Lockhead and Miss Reeves,
Terrell, October 81.
j. G. Taylor and Miss Ada Mitchell, San
Marcos, October %.
Ar. Moores and Miss. Nellie V. Cook,
Gonzales, October %.
J. A. BealI and Miss Lula McGehee,
San Marcos, October "a.
j. Z. Hamilton and Miss Mary E. Huds-
peth, Bandera, October %,
P. J. Shelb and Miss Lizzie Sparren-
burg, Big Springs, October 26
J. A. Robertson and Miss jennie Bre-
msnd, Colorado, October "a.
J. J. SwitZer and Miss Minnie a.
Thomas, Comanche, October %.
W. j. Mullins and Miss Bette Mead
ows, Franklin, October %.
J. R. Yates and Miss Veda Ewing, G. E.
Alexander and Miss Ollie wing, Cooper,
October &c.
W. w. HarreIl and Louise E. Brown,
Jones county, October 20.
J. T. Crawford and Miss Allie E. CT TX,
CoryeH City, October q.
G. L. Healy and Miss Eliza Hsrdaman,
Bartlett, October %,
W. P. Redur and Miss POsey Taylor,
Pilot Point, October %.
A, N. Young and Miss Eta Mcclure,
Lipscomo county, October &c.
J. G. Desne and Miss Maud Hillm,
Wsco, October 81.
George Alternately and Miss M0llie
Bean, Greenville, October 30.
J. N. ChenoWorth and Miss Ella
Burpo, Wolfe City, October 20.
DEATHS.
A. P. Brown, Gatesvllle, October %.
Mrs. M4ry Hiegs, Texarkane, October
80,
Mrs. NJ. E. Randall, Dodd City, Octo-
Der %.
Price Wheatley, SAVOY, October %.
j. A. Rix, Colorado, October 26.
Mrs. Amsnd McCleod, Wills Point, Oc-
tober %,
R. 5. R,gland, Refugio, October %.
Mrs. K lily, Waco, November l.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
TIE OGL SHUTDOWN.
Agreement Between the Standard Oii
Company nnd Other Producers.

Agreement Between the Standard Oh;
Company md Other Producers.
PITTsBURG, Pa, Nov. 2.-Copcerning
the great shutdown Of oil producers
which goes into effect to-day, the Oil
City Derrick this morning says: The
most important deal ever consummsted
in the history of the oil business was
brought to head at late hour yester-
day. The executive and advisory boards
of the Producers Protective Associations
held two sessions yesterday afternoon
and last night, and the great shutdown
movement wss completed, and the shut
down or shut-in will go into effsct to-
day. The Derrick makes the announce.
ment By the authority of the two boards
that all the contracts were Officially
signed, snd that nothing remains TO be
done now. What these contracts are has
not been officially stated, but they con-
template shutting in for one year
Of one-half the production based On the
gauges Of the wells during Jaiy and
August, and the entire stoppage Of the
drill for the same length OF time. No
glycerine is to be used in the came time
an no wells ere to be cleaned out. Tie
general feature Of the plan is that the
Standard OIL Company has set 100000
barrels CT oil at 81 cents barrel, profits
on this 20 be divided among those pro-
ducers who shut in their wells and COM
ply with the terms Of the contracts. In
addition to this the Standard Oh Com
pany and the producers have made pool
of 2, 100000 barrels, the profit accruing
from which is to create q wage
fund for lGboring men thrown
out Of work. Advices from the pro-
ducing fields last night were to Ethe effect
that there would be q genersl shutdown
inaugurst@d to-day. Mr.. Phillips prolific
pool in Butler county is to be completely
b1idled, The Sax onburg purchase made
yesterday CT the Gusher property may be
taken as en- indication that the Producers
Protective Association may be able to
control that field which is the only one
not controlled by the association. All the
big producing irms, both Standard and
independent, will shut in their wells.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

IT IS no use for Texas newspaper to
try to obtain an audience with our Secre-
tary of the Stste Department as long as
there is such crowd around. but il The
GAZETTE could shoulder is way within
hollering distance, it would remind Mr..
Bayard that British gunboats have closed
Venezuelan ports, and that the Monroe
doctrine can be found in Uncle Sans
bundle of papers if diligent search is
made
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
THE GAzETTE: WORTH TEXAS, THURSDAY NOVEMBER g.

veloping the country is already response
BILE for untold harm, and if not remedied
st once will imperil our na-
tionsl existence. II statesmen would
leave aside bloody shirts, 'reading OUT"
and similar idiocies and devote their time
and talents to questions of real moment
and Of vital interest, even at this late day,
the damage might be repaired. But will
they? Asking the question is far from
answering i.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
George b. wheslsr's Death.

La GRANGE, TEX, OGt. 81. 1887.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
DEAR SIR inclose slip announcing
death Of George B. Wheeler. It also
states that it was not known where he
was from. He has q mother living in
Victor, Ontario county, n. Y, and q
brother, Frank Wheeler by name, who is
3 civil engineer on some railroad in Ohio.
Please make these facts known if possible.
n. PALMER,
G. E, T., B. & II. Ry.
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ear

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ssaefheT on business oT for publication should ee
addressed to THE GAZETTE or DEMOCRAT PUB
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shossld be made payable TO The DEMOCRAT PUB-
LTS9ING 90.
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Notice to Contractors.

Bids will be recei'ed for he erection OF the
state Reforma,oly" Ouildtag, at Ga,esVile,
Coryell county, Tex.
Plans and specifications ma lie seen at office
OF 4. Sorthcraft, architect and sQperlntendentr
GstesVille, Tex, after October ~ 1881. Each
DID must be accompanied WltnH rood and suf-
sand dollars. Bids VIII be FeceivedInti No
Vembsr !, lSS7. Trustees reserve theszsight 20
reject any and all bids.
W NJ MATHES,
EERG KYLE,
=. Il. MCDOWELL,
Trustees
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
Euntsvflle Revival.
Special to the Gazette.

10 OLIO
HUNTSVILLE, TEX Nov. 2-The re-
Yival comm anced here on the 20th ult.
by EVangelists Burnett and Mulkey wss
closed tonight. The large opera house
has been crowded day and night and the
meeting resulted in about $50 converts.
The house was literally packed tc hear
the farewell sermor, which was delivered
by Rev. Burnett. Mr.. Mulkey left for
Crockett this morning and Burnett will
leave for the same place in day or SO.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

WoMAN's curiosity is not always OBJ
jected to by men. For instance, the
other day package addressed to a Bos-
ton merchant was left at his residence
and his wife was just dying to open it all
day. In the evening her curiosity got the
better Of her and she proceeded to ex-
plore the contents when the contents ex-
ploded, blowing her to pieces.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, voted 100000 for
another railroad recently and there is
great Joy in Knox. 1t is nice to vote
money to railroads, and when people do
so they should. enjoy themselves. There
will be means and lamentations at later
day, but no matter. Sufficient unto the
deg - etc
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

EDITOR O'BRIEN will have to spend
three months in jail at hard labor in or
der to MAKE atonement for expressing his
sentiments freely. The Land League in
Americs propose sending him $4,000 q
week during the period Of his incsrcera-
ton. No one wants to go to jail, but for
martyrs.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

No display ads. Of less than three Hnes faaen
for either edition.
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additional; on any other speaidsd page 70 per
ant. additional.
Reading Matter ordered in any special pos!
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ties financial standing is not known to Us.
Transient advertising payable In advance,
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Fort Worth, Tex.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

IT would appear that the Alaska Fur
Trading Company has charge Of our
American gunooats in Behring Straits
snd control their movements. The COM
pany wants Uncle Sam to run all sealing
vessels out of the waters and give it the
exclusive Tiaht to catch seals.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

BIG stock yards ct Fort Worth would
mean the concentration Of the live stock
trade Of the southwest at this city, s
grand live stock fsir next fall, and the
commercial supremacy OF Fort Worth.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

TFE noble red man OF the forests is in
hsrd luck all around. The land sharks OF
Arizona are covetous, and have employed
every means of provoking the Indians into
rebellion. The United States authorities
are doing yeoman service in defense of
the Indians, ard are making the prairie
picsroors cease molesting them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

SECRETARY WHITNEY is reported as
playing sick in order to make an excuse
to resign. He should continue building
gunboats, and If there is any resigning
done let it be by the aesthetic Anglo
maniac from Delaware.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
Mail Stnarnsr nIissing.

MUSICIAN, MICH, Nov. 2-The mail
steamer Augusta, Captain 81. W. Rees,
which left here October for Milwaukee,
has not since been heard from. and it
now seems that she has gone down with
all on board.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

STANLEY BROWN and Miss Mollie Gar
field have not broken their engagement.
They sre still engaged and will be msr-
ried on the return of Miss Garfield from
her European visit.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
ALIEN LAND HOLDING.

the statement that the Earl of Aberdeen
is the real owner Of the capitol syndicate
lands and that the FRrWells of Chicago
and their associates are merely decoys.
This will be news TO good many. 1t
was bad enough to have that pest Of
modern commerce, the syndicate, as
owner Of the lands, but the syndicate was
composed of American citizens. The idea
Of surrendering, in fee simple, 3,000,000
acres Of our lands IN one block,
to g foreigner and a titled noble
man at that, will not be very
soothing to those who have been fighting
so vigorously against alien ownership
But whist is to be done? The title has
passed and the fact is accomplished. II
the Earl of Aberdeen desires he can load
the Great Eastern with the surplus popu-
letion of Skye crofters, or Highland
Scotchmen, and, dividing up the country
into farms, apportiOn it out TO them and
introduce thereon the customs and uEeges
that are in vogue 10 their native land. 1t
has been said that the syndicate contem-
plated building railroad from their
lands leading to deep water. Whether
there is any truth in the statement
or rot is immateritl, the fact remsils
that the thing can DE done and the syndi-
cate lsnds can be isolated as effectuGlly
as though they were transported beyond
the seas. II good honest farmers would
come from Scotland IS freemen, become
citizens, sssimilate with our people and
carve out road to prosperity by devel
oping the country, their advent might
well be welcomed; but coming like galley
slaves, coming TO till srd develop soil
not their OWE and to enrich snd strengthen
foreigners whose very titles OF distinc.
ton are abhorTed by our laws and insti-
tutions, their arrival may we'll be
looked upon with apprehension.
Admitting or assuming that these
lands shall be peopled by our
citizens, g whitening blight shall be upon
the prosperity of that section. The profits
of the land will be sent out OF the coun-
try and into the pockets of an alien land
lord. We will be similarly situated to
Illinois, where 600 Of her citizens have to
pay regularly e tribute to one ScUliy, an
Irish landlord, for the privilege of living
in that state. This question, il is feared,
will live to vex legislation and perplex
statesmen for many years TO come. 1t is
wrong in principle, almost insane in
policy. Lands that have been fought for
and paid for with the best blood of
heroes, to be given sway and surrendered
to foreigners for mess Of pottage, is
but little short of crime. The general
government has declared, and the state
of Illinois has followed suit, that no
more lands should be transferred by
these governments to aliens. This piece
of wisdom comes opportunity after each
of these governments had surrendered all
the land they had that was worth taking
Other states that have still few acres left
may be inspired by the perfunctory
action of the general government to save
what is left by proper legislation. Texas
is not alone in being owned il part by
foreign syndicstes. Here is a list OF
others:
An English syndicate in Texas. 100000
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

ONCE more the prohibition fight is "on'
in Atlantis. The Constitution does the
ora. ors up in flashing colors, and adds
its voice to the cry of "no rum"
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

THE common council OF Fort Worth is
an uncommon body. It stands solitary
and alone in its grandeur, and If certain
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

II EVER the Dallas and New Orleans
Railroad is built, it viii start from Fort
Worth, the great railroad center.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

A LARGE volume of natural gas, escap-
ing from an aperture in the earth, he's
been discovered st Southfeld, Mich.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03
For. worth, Tex

Branch Offices of The Gazette.
DALLAs-6O7 Main Street, F. E. Holloway
Manager.
WACo-Tom o. Plunkett, Manager.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
WarpiDR.

All persons are hereby notified 1nos to pu-
chase the 70 lowing netes which was stolen
fron me On the 27ths day CT October 1857, viz.
one promlssery Bets signed by LaDgston & y il.
for f6e;sans Of $3.50, dated August /, 1851. due
sixsEaoaths ef'er date with 10 per cent interest
n IN date, and paJ able to the order OF Mrs y.
y. oquyres. y J SQUTRE>-
By JOHN SQUYREs. Agent
Cleburne, Tex, Oct. %, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

ually, and we should hasten its approach
by our kind Offices and encouragement.
Even Spanish greed and tyranny cannot
long hold it in subiugation.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

THE Mexican war veterans will be here
next Tuesday.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-03

members Of it would resign they would
do Fort Worth better service than they
could, possibly, in any other wey.